Machine for turning gloves.



PATENTND DEG. 29, 1903.

W. s. AYRBS. MACHINE PON TUNNING GLOVES.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 1, 1903.

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MACHINE FOR TURNING GLOVES.

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UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

WALTER SCOTT AYRES, OF WASHINGTON, IOWA.

MACHINE FOR TURNING GLOVES.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 748,463, dated December 29, 1903. Application niet May 1I 190s. sean No. 155.173. oramai.)

To all whom t may concer-n.-

Beit known that LWALTER SCOTT Avans, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and State of Iowa, have invented new and useful Improvements` in Machines for Turning Gloves, of Vwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to glove-turners; and the object of the same is to construct a machine for automatically` turning the fngers and `hand portion of a glove and then tossing it into a receptacle to make room for another glove to be turned. v

The simple and novel construction employed by me in carrying out my invention is fully described andclaimed in this specification and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective of my machine. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of thesame. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the line 3 3, Fig. 2. Fig. 4c is a detail of the turning mechanism. Fig. 5 is a detail of a modification of the form. Fig.` 6 is acrosssection of the sleeve on the line 6 6, Fig. 4.- Fig. 7 is a section of the turning mechanism in the act of turning handportion of the glove.

Like numerals Aof reference designate like parts in the different views of the drawings.

The numeral l designates two uprights having two longitudinal guide-grooves 2 therein. A cross-bara connects the uprights 1 and has a transverse slot 4.a formed therein to accommodate a sleeve 5 elliptical in cross-section. A cross-head 6 is slidingly mounted in the guide-grooves 2 and has `a plunger 6a connected thereto, which extends downwardly into the sleeve 5 and carries four parallel tubes 7a open at their lower ends 7b, which normally extend about six inches-the length of the longest finger on a glovebelow the lower end 5a or mouth of the sleeve 5. A bar 6b is attached to the plunger and sleeve to engage the upper side of the cross-bar 4 to limit the downward movement or drop of the crosshead 6 and hold it in its normal stationary position. Springs 6c bear on the Vcross-head 6 and serve to return it to its normal depressed position.

Mounted in the guide-groove 2 is a crosshead 8, which is attached by wires 9 to a car- Valinement with the tube 7a.

To drive the machine a shaftl is journaled in arms 16, secured to the upper ends of the uprights 1. A pulley 17 is-secured on the shaft 15 and a belt 18 is connected at its upper end to the circumference of said pulley and at its lowerv end to the cross-head 8. A crank 19, adaptedto be turned by hand, is tted on one end of the shaft 15. A slot 20 traverses the body of the form 12, and a wire 21, stretched between' two cross bars 22, passes through the slot and vserves to detach the glove therefrom, as will appear.

The operation of my machine can now be sketched. Suppose the initial position ofthe parts to be that illustrated in Fig. 1. Aglove to be turned is grasped by the Wristband and turned fingers down and drawn by hand over the sleeve 5, when the tubes 7a will find their Way into the four pendent fingers. The machine is then driven by the crank 19 to wind up the belt 18 on the pulley 17, and thereby raise the carriage 10 and force the fingers 13 into the tubes 7a, together with the glove-fingers, thereby turning them. As soon as the fingersa13 have been inserted their full length into `the tubes 7a the ends of the fingers 13 will engage the upperends of `the tubes 7L and raise them up. This action will permit the body of the form 12 to pass into the sleeve 5, thereby turning the hand portion of the glove. The crank 19 is then released,when the Weight of the carriage or through the reaction of farther the wire 21 will engage the Wristband IOC of the glove and force it up, thereby pushing the glove olf of the form 12 and tossing it on the ioor or into a receptacle placed to receive it. The cross head 6 and plunger 6a are forced down by the springs 6c and the machine is ready to receive another glove. In case the heads 14 do not serve to withdraw the fingers from the finger-tubes another wire can be mounted to engage the glove to pull it oi of the tubes in the same manner the wire 21 does off of the form 12.

In operating on mittens the form 12 is removed and a form 23 (see Fig. 5) substituted which has no fingers thereon. The cross-head 6 is also dispensed with and can be raised up and secured. The mitten to be operated on isthen drawn over the sleeve 5 and the machine operated the same as before to force the form 23 into the sleeve 5 to turn the mitten.

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these may be modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for turninggloves, the cornbination of a sleeve shaped to t within the hand portion of a glove, a slidingly-mounted plunger bearing tubes open at their lower endswhich extend through and a finger length beyond the lower end of said sleeve, a carriage carrying a form bearing fingers mounted in alinement with said tube, and means for reciprocating said carriage, substantially as described.

2. In a machine for turninggloves, the combination of a sleeve adapted to it the hand portion of a glove, a slidingly-mounted plunger loosely fitting within said sleeve and bearing hollow tubes open at their lower ends which normally extend below the lower end of said sleeve, a slidingly-rnounted plunger bearing ngers located in alinement with said tube, and means for reciprocating said last.

mentioned plunger to insert said lingers into said tube and force said tubes into said sleeve to turn the fingers and hand of a glove, substantially as described.

3. In a glove-turning machine the combination of a sleeve designed to lit within a glove, a slidingly-mounted form designed to fit Within aglove, and means for reciprocating said form to insert it into said sleeve and thereby turn a glove stretched on said sleeve, substantially as described.

4:. In a machine for turning gloves, the comi bination of a sleeve shaped to fit within thehandportion of a glove, a yieldingly-mounted plunger extending into said sleeve and bearing tubes designed to fit within the fingers of a glove, a slidingly-mounted plunger bearing a glove-form provided with fingers located in alinement with said tubes and having enlarged heads thereon, and means for reciprocating said plunger to insert said fingers into said tubes and force said Yflrstmentioned plunger to yield, and then withdraw said fingers from said tubes together with the turned glove which is held by said heads, substantially as described.

5. In a machine for turning gloves, the com bination of a sleeve mounted substantially vertically, and shaped to lit the hand of a glove, yieldingly-mounted finger-tubes open at their lower ends and extending below said sleeve, a slidingly-mounted vertical plunger bearing a glove-form provided with `fingers located below said tubes andv in alinement therewith, and means for reciprocating said last-mentioned plunger to turn a glove placed fingers down on said sleeve and fitted over said tubes, substantially as described.

6. In a glove-turning machine, the combination of parallel tubes open at their ends and shaped to tit within the lingers of a glove, a slidingly-mounted glove-form bearing lingers having enlarged heads beveled 0E on their backs to adapt' them to engage and hold the fingers of a glove while being withdrawn from said tubes, and means for reciprocating said form to insert said fingers into said tube and then withdraw them to turn a glove placed on said tubes, substantially as described.

7. In a glove-turning machine, the combination of a slidingly-mounted glove-form having a longitudinal slot therein, a wire mounted in alinement with said slot to engage and remove a glove from said form, and means for reciprocating said form, substantially as described.

8. In a glove-turning mechanism, the combination of a sleeve shaped to fit within the hand portion of a glove, yieldingl'y-mounted linger-tubes extending through and beyond said sleeve, a slidingly-mounted glove-form bearing fingers located in alinement with said tubes, said form having a slot therein, a wire mounted in alinement with said slot to engage a glove and remove it from said form and means for reciprocating said form to turn a glove, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WALTER SCOTT AYRES.

Witnesses:

SCHWYLER W. LIVINGSTON, A. S. FOLGER. v

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